Sir James Augustus Henry Murray

Definitions of Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
  1. noun
    Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
    synonyms: James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray
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    lexicographer, lexicologist
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
    philologist, philologue
    a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
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